Alternate Prime Minister of Israel

The alternate prime minister of Israel () is the de facto deputy of the prime minister of Israel and the second highest ranking cabinet minister. His job is to replace the prime minister of Israel in a rotation government.

List of Alternate Prime Ministers
 De facto 
PortraitMinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotes80pxYitzhak ShamirLikud2113 September 198420 October 1986Shamir was prime minister-designate in a rotation government with Shimon Peres. The rotation deal was not binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Shamir was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.80pxShimon PeresAlignment2220 October 198622 December 1988Shamir became prime minister on 20 October 1986, with Peres as his alternate, in accordance with the 1984 rotation deal. The rotation deal was not legally binding as no legally-entrenched rotation mechanism existed at the time, and the de jure post held by Peres was that of an ordinary designated acting prime minister.

 De jure 
PortraitMinisterPartyGovernmentTerm startTerm endNotes80pxBenny GantzBlue and White3517 May 202013 June 2021Gantz was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Benjamin Netanyahu, and he would have come into office on 17 November 2021. In December 2020, the coalition collapsed, and was replaced by a new government on 13 June 2021.80pxYair LapidYesh Atid3613 June 202130 June 2022Lapid was prime minister-designate in an alternation government with Naftali Bennett. He was expected to come into office on 27 August 2023 before the Knesset dissolved itself in June 2022. He took over as Prime Minister on 1 July 2022.80pxNaftali BennettYamina361 July 202229 December 2022Bennett became Alternate Prime Minister after the early dissolution of the Knesset in June 2022, switching places with Yair Lapid.

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